Cotton Pygmy-goose
Nettapus coromandelianus albipennis ‡
Innot Hot Springs, FN Qld IMG_3128 20180526 - male
Notes: Toy-like. (Cf
Green Pygmy-goose) Male black bill, white face, neck. Dark green cap,
smudgy
collar, wings with bold white bar across. Collar black when breeding. Female duller;
long dark eyeline, brownish green back, wings. In flight note bold white stripe through
primaries.
Inhabits deep permanent lagoons & lakes w. abundant waterlilies,
feeding on aquatic vegetation.
Range from Morcombe©
Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, FN Qld IMG_0955 20200803 - female
Innot Hot Springs, FN Qld IMG_3558 20200613 - female front of male
St Lawrence Wetlands, E Qld IMG_2813 20250614 - male wingstretch. CLICK for a group.
Innot Hot Springs, FN Qld IMG_3536 20200613 - female in front of male
Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, FN Qld IMG_0522 20200802 - male, female, male
Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, FN Qld IMG_0953 20200803 - male. CLICK for another there 20161008.
Cumberland Dam, Georgetown, FN Qld IMG_1375 20210510 - female
Tyto Wetlands,Qld IMG_9182 20161007 - female
Innot Hot Springs, FN Qld MVI_1822 20170614 - male and female feeding.